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Service Date
November 8,2024
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER ) CASE NO. IPC-E-24-18
COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR )
APPROVAL OF A CLEAN ENERGY YOUR ) ORDER NO. 36387
WAY CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT )
WITH THE CITY OF BOISE AND THE )
FIRST AMENDMENT THERETO )
On April 23, 2024, Idaho Power Company ("Company") applied for approval of a Clean
Energy Your Way("CEYW") Construction Agreement("Agreement")with the city of Boise City
("City") as well as the First Amendment thereto ("Amendment") (collectively "Amended
Agreement"). The Company submitted copies of both the Agreement and Amendment as
attachments and requests the matter be processed by Modified Procedure with an order issuing
prior to September 1, 2024.
On August 23, 2024, the Commission issued Order No. 36302 approving the Amended
Agreement contingent upon the correction of the error Staff noted in Table 1 of the First Revised
Exhibit 1. In addition,the Company was ordered to submit as a compliance filing(1)a copy of the
Revised Exhibit 1 executed by the City; and(2) a revised Schedule 26 with updated Tables I and
2 that reflects Micron Technology,Inc. ("Micron")allocation of Black Mesa Energy,LLC("Black
Mesa") after the effective date of the Amended Agreement.
On September 25, 2024, the Company submitted a compliance filing with a Second
Amendment to the Renewable PPA between Idaho Power and the City that included a revised
Exhibit 1 and the Company also submitted a Revised Schedule 26 that updated Tables 1 and 2.
Staff reviewed the filing and, at the Commission's October 15, 2024, decision meeting, presented
a Decision Memorandum recommending that the Commission accept the filing.
COMMISSION FINDINGS AND DECISION
The Commission has jurisdiction over the Company's Application and the issues in this
case under Title 61 of the Idaho Code including Idaho Code §§ 61-301 through 303. The
Commission is empowered to investigate rates, charges,rules,regulations,practices, and contracts
of all public utilities and to determine whether they are just, reasonable, preferential,
discriminatory, or in violation of any provisions of law, and to fix the same by order. Idaho Code
§§ 61-501 through 503.
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Having reviewed the record and the Company's submission and Staff s recommendation,
the Commission finds that the Company has complied with the Commission's order to submit (1)
a corrected First Revised Exhibit 1 rectifying the error identified by Staff, and (2) a revised
Schedule 26 with updated Tables 1 and 2 that reflects Micron's allocation of Black Mesa after the
effective date of the Amended Agreement.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Company's compliance filing is accepted.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order may petition for
reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date upon this Order regarding any
matter decided in this Order. Within seven (7) days after any person has petitioned for
reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration. Idaho Code § 61-626.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this 8th day of
November 2024.
ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT
R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER
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EDWARD LODGE, Cb&1MISSIONER
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